Re: [PATCH] "volatile considered harmful" document

[Krzysztof Halasa]

Robert Hancock <hancockr@xxxxxxx> writes:

> You don't need volatile in that case, rmb() can be used.

rmb() invalidates all compiler assumptions, it can be much slower.
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Krzysztof Halasa
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